r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/jtsa5 1d ago

If anyone else other than Trump did anything wrong it was like the world was ending. When it's Trump everyone has kid gloves on.

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u/RemarkableWave8066 1d ago

Obama wore a tan suit once and the Fox News goons had aneurysms for a solid week

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u/Raoul_Duke9 1d ago

You guys remember "terrorist fist jab"? That one was the one that pissed me off the most.

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u/FailingToLurk2023 1d ago

Remember when he swatted a fly and the ensuing outrage?

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u/JohnGillnitz 1d ago

That was bad ass. Gotta give props where it is due. The best thing Dubbya ever did in his presidency was dodge a shoe.

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u/UncIe_John 1d ago

Not a dubya fan but that flip flop dodge was dope

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u/Talon_Ho 5h ago

Them fighter pilot instincts die hard.

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u/explodedsun 1d ago

He deserved both shoes. He also vomited on the Japanese head of state.

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u/AlexMC69 1d ago

That was Bush snr

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u/dullship Canada 1d ago

That was Papa Bush.

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u/Biodiversity1001 21h ago

I thought he did get both shoes Duck, left, duck right. lol I was impressed and also ROFLMAO

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u/dullship Canada 1d ago

Dude nearly lost a fight with a pretzel.

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u/chilseaj88 23h ago

“Fool me once shame on…shame on you. Fool me you can’t get fooled again!”

This was my favorite.

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u/dhuntergeo 22h ago

Two actually, and those were his finest moves

And I thought our world would come to an end with Darth Cheney being ordained king

Oh the summer child I was

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u/Almar1987 1d ago

He threw a perfect first pitch in the World Series after 9/11

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u/Sleepy_cheetah 1d ago

He had some quick reflexes, though!

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u/Oshtoru 21h ago

Probably PEPFAR but the slick dodge is a close second.

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u/Rit91 21h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSLlJXnFEwI

Nah, this was the most impressive thing Bush did and no one can convince me otherwise.